Peacock spider (peacock spider) belongs to the family salticidae peacock spider (maratus), is a small jumping spider, the body length of only 4 to 5 mm. Peacock spider actually includes many species, so far found about 100 species, except for one distributed in China's Wuling Mountains, the rest are distributed in Australia.
Male peacock spider
A pair of peacock spiders
Peacock spiders exhibit distinct sex-biped characteristics: male adults are as bright and colorful as a rainbow, while females are dull and generally brown, as are male juveniles.
Peacock spider cubs
Male peacock spiders will spread their abdomen and raise them upwards when courtship, showing the most vivid patterns and colors, just as beautiful as a peacock opening the screen. In addition to "opening the screen", the male spider will also dance the "hand-waving dance", which raises its legs high and rhythmically waving as if to hug; the furry white toes flash back and forth, which is really cute. Let's take a look:
Don't look at the dance is very cute, hunting is quite fierce, so it is cute and fierce. Like other jumping spiders, peacock spiders do not have webs, they are very brave when tracking prey, and even pounce on prey that is 3 to 4 times larger than themselves.
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